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The Boyden lab is exploring the use of fluorescent nanodiamonds as a new class of optical probes for neuroscience research. Photo: Justin Knight

John Gabrieli’s lab has found that differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read. The study was picked up by various news outlets including the BBC, CBS, WBUR, US News and World Report, the UK Daily Mail, Fox News, and more.

Zeynep Saygin, a postdoc in Nancy Kanwisher’s lab uses a technology known as diffusion-weighted MR imaging to reveal long-range connections in the brain.

Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.

Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.

What if we could peer into the brain to determine guilt or innocence? Could advances in neuroscience help reform our criminal justice system? We invite you to join the discussion with a distinguished group of legal and neuroscience experts who will debate these and related questions on Tuesday, September 17th. Alan Alda will moderate the […]

McGovern researchers reveal how the brain keeps eyes on the prize.

Crews deliver a new MRI scanner to the McGovern Institute on July 23, 2013. The scanner is expected to be fully operational by the fall, and will be used for a wide range of studies on brain function, in both children and adults.

The scanner is expected to be fully operational by the fall, and will be used for a wide range of studies on brain function, in both children and adults.

Improved technique makes it easier to add or delete genes in living cells, with less risk of off-target DNA damage.